When it comes to our kids, we seem totally lost. It’s not just that millennials tend to be these narcissistic, overly sensitive, entitled kids who are unable to cope with the realities of life, it’s that we’re the ones enabling this dreary, flaccid, cultural malaise. So far this year on college…

version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? By May 14, 2016 In the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese arrived in Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire to profile Frank Sinatra. The legendary singer was approaching fifty, under the weather, out of sorts, and unwilling to be interviewed. So…

Pitstop underway for Fernando Alonso at 2008 Chinese Grand Prix Photographed by: Bert van Dijk CCA Productivity Hacks Engineers love nothing more than hacking on our own productivity. At its worst, it becomes its own form of procrastination (hence the term “ yak shaving ”) but at its finest, it…

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Jury Duty There are twelve of us left. The first thing the prosecutor did during voir dire was ask all the men of color whether we trusted cops. Every black man had a story: police harassment, spurious arrests, intimidation. They were all eliminated. I was asked if I had any experiences of this…

Photographs by Inez + Vinoodh The leader of the free world sits down with the free agent of the year—HBO’s Bill Simmons—to discuss the Obama era and beyond. The exclusive White House Q&A There's the president of the United States, and then there’s the person who happens to be the President of the…

As we head into our last week of this “Heading Out on Your Own” series, I’d like to pause from our “harder,” more practical skills to talk about a character

There’s that project you’ve left on the backburner – the one with the deadline that’s growing uncomfortably near. And there’s the client whose phone call you really should return – the one that does nothing but complain and eat up your valuable time. Wait, weren’t you going to try to go to the gym…

I study romantic relationships. I'm also engaged. So, of course, I've given a tremendous amount of thought as to what it really means for my partner and I to marry one another. Researchers have found that weddings are deeply significant life events, but we don't really know why they're so…

Articles → How will this game end? 2014-02-06 Imagine I announce I am going to sell a $100 bill by auction, and the bidding starts at only $1. The only rule of the game is this: If you are the 2nd-highest bidder, you still have to pay what you bid , but you don’t get the $100 bill. Of course I get…

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The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise [Join the discussion on Hacker News or Twitter .] Imagine that you are poking around in your company’s payroll website when you stumble upon a mutable and persistent input field labeled “Market Rate Salary”. You naturally give yourself a 10x…

Why I Buy “All Those Apps” Ever since my fascination with technology became known by my colleagues, I’m often asked for my opinion regarding all sorts of quibbles and buying decisions. Most of the time, I’ll do it willingly, as I enjoy talking about this stuff anyway. There’s one type of…

8 Things Every Person Should Do Before 8 A.M. Here is the Italian and French translations. Life is busy. It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. If you have a full-time job and kids, it’s even harder. How do you move forward? If you don’t purposefully carve time out every day to progress…

This month’s theme for The Hustle is people who game the system. This is the first of the weekly series. The Secret World of Kindle Gold Rushers So there’s a group of people who make a living churning out dozens of lowbrow Kindle books a month. I call them Kindle Gold Rushers. Some of them make…

When I sit down at my desk in the morning, it’s time to write. There is hot coffee to the left of my keyboard. My keyboard, well, it’s about as clicky and awesome as they come . I put in my earbuds, hit play on the soundtrack , and set a 30 minute timer. My phone is in Do Not Disturb mode. So is my…

Nature | News Feature Sharing Translations عربي P values, the 'gold standard' of statistical validity, are not as reliable as many scientists assume. Article tools PDF Rights & Permissions DALE EDWIN MURRAY For a brief moment in 2010, Matt Motyl was on the brink of scientific glory: he had…

Wouldn't it be great if you could debug your brain as though it were bad code? We might not be able to reprogram ourselves, but we can use the principles of debugging to help ourselves build better habits. Here's how to debug your brain. Our brains are the most bug ridden pieces of junk since…

AS soon as the CT scan was done, I began reviewing the images. The diagnosis was immediate: Masses matting the lungs and deforming the spine. Cancer. In my neurosurgical training, I had reviewed hundreds of scans for fellow doctors to see if surgery offered any hope. I’d scribble in the chart…

Written by Justin on January 17, 2014 Ever since I published the revenue numbers for my side-projects, I’ve been getting this question a lot: “YOU HAVE 4 KIDS AND A FULL-TIME JOB?! Where do you find the time for side-projects?” When I answer, I’m tempted to make up something that sounds really…

Mr. Money Mustache carries the first wall of the new roof structure into place. A great start to 2014. Luxury, luxury, luxury. What a strange and grand country this is, where the necessities are virtually free, so we end up spending most of our income on optional luxuries in the quest for…

One of the most difficult tasks for a startup founder is deciding what to do. Where should the tiny number of people working on a brand new company spend their time? Choosing wisely can place your company on the road to success. Spending too much time on the wrong things can condemn the startup to…

A couple weeks ago I turned 30. Leading up to my birthday I wrote a post on what I learned in my 20s . But I did something else. I sent an email out to my subscribers ( subscribe here ) and asked readers age 37 and older what advice they would give their 30-year-old selves. The idea was that I would…

O n my 20th birthday, I got drunk and peed on some old ladies’ front lawn. A cop saw me and stopped me. Fortunately, I talked my way out of going to jail that night. I already had an arrest record, but he didn’t bother to check. My 20s started out with a bang. At the time, I was aimless. I had just…

What is the Islamic State ? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special…

Note: In yesterday’s Churchill School of Adulthood lesson , we offered examples from Winston’s life as to how he embodied artist Constantin Brancuși ’s maxim that to live a fulfilling, flourishing life, one must “ Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god .” Because the takeaways of…

Credit: JIM CUMMINS Getty Images A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan puzzled over why some of his classmates struggled, and his parents told him he had a special gift. In the seventh grade, however, Jonathan…

Any time you talk about money, you risk sounding like a jerk. I’m going to take that risk in this post. I’ll start out by talking about a couple ways I shot myself in the foot financially and what I learned as a result. Your mileage may vary. Before we start, you might want to review this financial…